Quotes about Dialogue

Conversation is the image of the mind. As the man is, so is his talk.

It is not in vain that man speaks to man. This is the value of literature.

The peace I am thinking of is the dance of an open mind when it engages another equally open one.

You must fight others, but through peace, and through dialogue, and through education.

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.

To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.

Good philosophy must exist, if for no other reason, because bad philosophy needs to be answered.

If the book be false in its facts, disprove them; if false in its reasoning, refute it. But, for God's sake, let us freely hear both sides, if we choose.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.

Listen. Don't just wait to talk.

I have avoided giving offence to intelligent Arabs, who have pressed me, asking if I believed in Mohamad by saying, "No I do not: I am a child of Jesus bin Miriam," avoiding anything offensive in my tone, and often adding that Mohamad found their forefathers bowing down to trees and stones, and did good to them by forbidding idolatry, and teaching the worship of the only One God. This, they all know, and it pleases them to have it recognised.